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How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home?
"All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

About Me

I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the
Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

âA satisfyingly virulent, comical, absurd, deeply grieving true portrait of how things work today in the sleek factories of conglomerate book producers... A skillful novel of manners -- of very bad mannersâ

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Toronto: OCAP March, Thursday November 9th!

This Thursday- March on the Pope Squat

THIS THURSDAY

November 9th

6:00pm

at PARC- 1499 Queen Street W.

corner of Dowling

NIGHT MARCH ON THE POPE SQUAT

Over the past three months the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty has been campaigning in Parkdale door to door and block by block. As the City prepares to elect a new City Council and Mayor we have been putting forward a platform of our own- a set of demands to address the Housing Crisis in Parkdale (visit www.ocap.ca/popesquat/demands).

A neighbourhood under attack from gentrification and the police, it is a place where the poorest residents are hidden in overpriced and run down rooming houses; where the homeless are provided no shelter and where the City allows abandoned buildings to sit empty and unused while people sleep outside.

The attitude of government towards Parkdale can be summed up by visiting 1510 King Street- The Pope Squat. Empty for over a decade it was occupied and made into homes by OCAP in 2002. After a brutal and unnecessary eviction the building remains empty to this day- sold but unused.